Leon Blum: For All Mankind

As the first Jewish prime minister of France, Leon Blum found himself in special peril during the rise of Adolf Hitler, culminating in his arrest by the Nazis in 1940 and being sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp until 1945. Surviving the terrible ordeal, Blum returned to France to be re-elected a year later. This stunning documentary reviews Blum's spellbinding life story. 58 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English; photo gallery.

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As the first Jewish prime minister of France, Leon Blum found himself in special peril during the rise of Adolf Hitler, culminating in his arrest by the Nazis in 1940 and being sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp until 1945. Surviving the terrible ordeal, Blum returned to France to be re-elected a year later. This stunning documentary reviews Blum's spellbinding life story. 58 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English; photo gallery.